Today the website Thurrott.com has released two reports about the roadmap Microsoft has for Windows 10. The implications for new systems are very big and of course for PC gaming too, as the company apparently wants to make the Windows 10 S mode (which limits users to Microsoft Store apps only, blocking Win32 apps) default.

Going forward, Windows 10 S will no longer be a SKU offered by Microsoft. Instead, what they will be doing is offering S mode for all iterations of Windows 10 and frankly, this is a much better approach to the configurations.

For Home and Education SKUs, you will be able to upgrade from Home S, to Home for free but Pro users going from Pro S to Pro will be charged $49. On the commercial side, Pro S is only available with Core, Value, Entry, and Small Tablet with Core+ and Workstations being left out of the offering.

How do you see this news? Have you used windows store? is it the end of the windows on PC?

As long as those that want to open up their system have the option, then I think this is a great move. I think any pre-built system that your average consumer buys from the store should come this way. There are very few people I know that will never need to go outside of the Windows Store for software on their PC. For Microsoft getting as many users as possible running UWA's is extreamly vital to their long term future in the consumer OS business.

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So, they are essentially dumbing the system down for casuals who use their stuff out of the box?

It's official, we've become Apple!

This is so depressing...

It was Britain, it is America, tomorrow France and next year, the world...

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If this happens, MS can expect a revolt from gamers and many normal users. There's a reason Windows has continued to succeed, it is the most open OS. Same goes for Android. If they want to make it even more restrictive, thinking it will greatly increase Windows Store sales, it will backfire. God, it's like they learned nothing from the XBO debacle, lol.

If this comes true, I see no better time than for Google to drop Chrome OS, and instead make a version of Android for PCs.